just finished watching a movie, so what you say
well it was in Chinese with only japanese subtitles as an option
no use
so it was fearless/ spirit
pretty cool, the only time i understood much was when the japanese guy was speaking japanese
fun time, its worth watching, once it comes out in the states
out
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Monday, August 21, 2006
nifty radio thing
http://www.pandora.com/
tell it one song and it makes a playlist/radio station based on attributes from the song, pretty cool
here's some photos from the famikly visit as well
click me now
who hates the Yankees?
i do
tell it one song and it makes a playlist/radio station based on attributes from the song, pretty cool
here's some photos from the famikly visit as well
click me now
who hates the Yankees?
i do
Friday, August 18, 2006
not much to add
as i stated before Joanne has done a wonderful job of running down the events of the Bon
i think its safe to say that my family enjoyed themselves, as did Jo and I
every vacation has its moments of fatigue crank and apathy
and this one was no different, that said
i wouldnt have rather spent my vacation in any other way
which leads me to my next question
who's next?
im near Nagoya click the link to the right that says Map of japan to see my proximity to Tokyo
its about 2 hr on the shinkansen, and if you want to visit check the Japan rail pass and save money
if you plan to travel
I'm here till April 07 at least, i dont have anymore real vacation time, there is a chunk in DEC/JAN but
Jo and I our making our plans, but hey, my place is still open to friends, its a good base.
Japan rocks
come get some
i think its safe to say that my family enjoyed themselves, as did Jo and I
every vacation has its moments of fatigue crank and apathy
and this one was no different, that said
i wouldnt have rather spent my vacation in any other way
which leads me to my next question
who's next?
im near Nagoya click the link to the right that says Map of japan to see my proximity to Tokyo
its about 2 hr on the shinkansen, and if you want to visit check the Japan rail pass and save money
if you plan to travel
I'm here till April 07 at least, i dont have anymore real vacation time, there is a chunk in DEC/JAN but
Jo and I our making our plans, but hey, my place is still open to friends, its a good base.
Japan rocks
come get some
Thursday, August 17, 2006
jo goes again
so the thomson's came, saw and are now on their way back to the states,
hope all goes well on the crazy skies.
for a grea review of the times, please go here
CLICK ME, I'm COOL
i know. ill get to my own original posting
but now im beat, and its bed time
peace out
hope all goes well on the crazy skies.
for a grea review of the times, please go here
CLICK ME, I'm COOL
i know. ill get to my own original posting
but now im beat, and its bed time
peace out
Sunday, August 06, 2006
weekend of the BON
actually i'm not so sure that's correct, but whatever.
after another wonderful saturday kickin it eigo no sensei style
i waited for jo to head over to the kanie west (actually east but oh well)
and then our good friend Mieko came to collect us and brought us to her house
for those of you who dont know, Mieko and Satoshi are a wonderful couple who
run a chugoku no restauran ( chinese restaurant) great food and great people
anyway, saturday night was a festivil in town, about 2 min from their house in fact,
so we spent a little time at the house and then were guuided down to the festival area where this giant boat equipped with a huge mast that supported a dome of 365 lanterns as well as tall ladder type that sported 12 of these lanterns, all glowing in the darkness. when it arrived the crowds were showered with candy and small lanterns
after the boat left we headed into the carnival style area where we got to catch the end of a drum show Taiko i think it may be called, and it was very very cool
after the festival we returned to the masters (satoshi) house and proceeded to eat drink and be merry, we had great english/japanese conversations with a couple of guys who work together,
one of which lived in LA for a number of months so he acted as the translator, poor fellow,
absolutely great people, great fun, got to eat some delicious noodles, clementines, prawns, and mollusks? not sure really, i just yanked em out of their shell and tried them, rather tasty actually
then there was tonight, which is still early, but jo and i went to the Inuyama festival
lot of food stalls, all of which smelled oishi (delicious) but we are doing tacos tonight!
it was kinda like a huge dance show with some really crazy acts, ranging from teeny girl pop routines to three drummers who were realy cool, two had these huge drums that they held onto as well as used a shoulder strap, they did all sorts of cool jumps and spins and got the crowd into it, and then the guys who fought with sticks came out and fought to the beat of the drummers' then the guy spun a basketball blindfolded and dribbled between his legs while sitting down and then they drummed some more and all these people came out and were dancing and it was fun!
wow
and now jo is out trying to rent V for Vendetta (i highly reccomend it) and we bought this massive can of beer,1520ml so about alitre and a half, but the cool thing is it has a little CO2 cartridge like the little ones you use in a paintball gun, so im guessing when whe open it we get to infuse it with the CO2, kinda like a guiness widget
damn this is long,
today is sunday, tomorrow is monday, and tuesday night, the fmaily will be in Nagoya
whoah.
time to start the tacos
jo should have some pictures up soon, so be sure to check her blog out
you should anyway, its far more collected and logical than mine
peace
http://jogoestojapan.blogspot.com/
after another wonderful saturday kickin it eigo no sensei style
i waited for jo to head over to the kanie west (actually east but oh well)
and then our good friend Mieko came to collect us and brought us to her house
for those of you who dont know, Mieko and Satoshi are a wonderful couple who
run a chugoku no restauran ( chinese restaurant) great food and great people
anyway, saturday night was a festivil in town, about 2 min from their house in fact,
so we spent a little time at the house and then were guuided down to the festival area where this giant boat equipped with a huge mast that supported a dome of 365 lanterns as well as tall ladder type that sported 12 of these lanterns, all glowing in the darkness. when it arrived the crowds were showered with candy and small lanterns
after the boat left we headed into the carnival style area where we got to catch the end of a drum show Taiko i think it may be called, and it was very very cool
after the festival we returned to the masters (satoshi) house and proceeded to eat drink and be merry, we had great english/japanese conversations with a couple of guys who work together,
one of which lived in LA for a number of months so he acted as the translator, poor fellow,
absolutely great people, great fun, got to eat some delicious noodles, clementines, prawns, and mollusks? not sure really, i just yanked em out of their shell and tried them, rather tasty actually
then there was tonight, which is still early, but jo and i went to the Inuyama festival
lot of food stalls, all of which smelled oishi (delicious) but we are doing tacos tonight!
it was kinda like a huge dance show with some really crazy acts, ranging from teeny girl pop routines to three drummers who were realy cool, two had these huge drums that they held onto as well as used a shoulder strap, they did all sorts of cool jumps and spins and got the crowd into it, and then the guys who fought with sticks came out and fought to the beat of the drummers' then the guy spun a basketball blindfolded and dribbled between his legs while sitting down and then they drummed some more and all these people came out and were dancing and it was fun!
wow
and now jo is out trying to rent V for Vendetta (i highly reccomend it) and we bought this massive can of beer,1520ml so about alitre and a half, but the cool thing is it has a little CO2 cartridge like the little ones you use in a paintball gun, so im guessing when whe open it we get to infuse it with the CO2, kinda like a guiness widget
damn this is long,
today is sunday, tomorrow is monday, and tuesday night, the fmaily will be in Nagoya
whoah.
time to start the tacos
jo should have some pictures up soon, so be sure to check her blog out
you should anyway, its far more collected and logical than mine
peace
http://jogoestojapan.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
hachi gatsu
August already,
time goes fast, sou desne(doesn't it)? I've learned some nihongo(Japanese), but it seems like not much
life moves on, shogunai(it can't be helped).
So this weekends outings included visiting the orchid garden in Nagoya,
I didnt have the old ka ma ra (camera) but luckily jo did
so look at the pretty pictures by clicking here
other than that things are the usuall, i got a library card, read The girl who loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
not bad
not exceptional, little girl's story of survival after getting lost on the AT in Maine
ok i think the rice is ready
peace
time goes fast, sou desne(doesn't it)? I've learned some nihongo(Japanese), but it seems like not much
life moves on, shogunai(it can't be helped).
So this weekends outings included visiting the orchid garden in Nagoya,
I didnt have the old ka ma ra (camera) but luckily jo did
so look at the pretty pictures by clicking here
other than that things are the usuall, i got a library card, read The girl who loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
not bad
not exceptional, little girl's story of survival after getting lost on the AT in Maine
ok i think the rice is ready
peace
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